WEBVTT
WORCESTER WITH A
STORY THAT'S
DEFINITELY A REA
HOME RUN, SEAN.
>> THIS EVENT
WAS PUT ON BY A
CHARIT TEAM IMPACT THAT MATCHES
CHRONICALLY
ILL KIDS WITH LOC
COLLEGE SPORTS
TEAMS.
TODAY WAS HIS TURN.
>> PAPER
INKED, A BIG DAY FOR
SCHULTZ, DRAFTED TO
ASSUMPTION
COLLEGE BASEBALL.
>> JUST FOUR YEARS OLD BUT A
CHAMP.
ON THE
FIELD, ON THE SLOPES, AND
A FIGHTER ALL HIS LIFE.
HE HAS CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURE.
HE'S HAD THREE OPEN HEART
SURGERIES, TWO BEFORE HE WAS
EVEN BORN.
>> WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT HIS FUTURE
HOLDS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HIM YOU SEE
HOW ACTIVE HE IS
EVERY DAY.
HE HAS A ZEST FOR LIFE.
>> THAT ZEST AND A WILL HAVE OF
BASEBALL
KEEPS HIM SMILING.
>> I LOVE IT SO MUCH AND HIS
PARENTS HOPEFUL.
>> YOU'VE GOT QUITE AN ARM.
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO DO THAT?
>> NO ONE, I
JUST, I TEACH
MYSELF.
>> CAN YOU SHOW ME ONE MORE
TIME?
>> WOW!
>> THESE FOLKS HOPE HE'LL SEE A
REAL DRAFT SOMEDAY BUT FOR NOW
HE WAITS
FOR A NEW HEART AND
SHOWS US ALL HOW TO LIVE.
>> A BIG PART OF
ANYONE'S
DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND JUST
HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS AND HOW
AMAZING IT CAN BE EVEN WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TOMORROW.
>> THE LITTLEST RECRUIT
WITH THE
BIGGEST HEART.
>> GREAT KID.
GREAT FAMILY.
>> HIS PARENTS SAY THERE IS NO
TELLING HOW LONG HE
MIGHT HAVE
TO WAIT FOR A TRANSPLANT.
THEY ARE JUST TAKING IT ONE DAY
AT A TIME.
WE'RE LIVE IN
WORCESTER, WCVB,
NEWSCENTER 5.
>> I COULD WATCH LICK AN HER OF
THAT.
>>
I KNOW.
I LOVED --
>> WHO TAUGHT YOU THAT?
>> I DID IT.
THAT
SMILE.

Dream come true for 4-year-old boy drafted by college baseball team

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Updated: 9:12 AM PST Jan 4, 2017

STOW, Mass. —

Wednesday was a big day for a 4-year-old Stow, Massachusetts boy who was drafted by a local college baseball team.